Hello, Just trying to gain some perspective here as I was at both dealers today and for the first time laid eyes and touched the interior of both the Ioniq 5 and ID4 and I was greatly disappointed with the interior quality of the Ioniq 5 in terms of material choices. Don’t get me wrong, I think the Ioniq looks good, tech is good, and specs are good. It’s pretty much scratchy hard plastic everywhere, even in high touch areas like door armrests. In contrast I checked out 2 ID4s afterwards and was pretty much “blown” away with the materials used - when having just seen the Ioniq 5.
Is this normal? EVs aren’t cheap vehicles and I understand the big part of cost are the electrical components like the battery, but the interior quality alone is greatly steering me towards an ID4 instead of the Ioniq 5… Along with an apparent 3 year wait for the Ioniq 5 AWD in Canada.
I can only provide the scenario that we’re presented with this week. US Thanksgiving road trip.
We could have taken a longer (distance) route with the same ETA to use my Ioniq 5 with two stops and a EV friendly hotel, but the hotel was more expensive, less kid oriented, and didn’t include breakfast. So basically negated any cost savings even when ignoring the kid part. That then means that the two other stops to charge at EAs that will likely have a line during the holiday period are all for nothing. Even if they are both open and working, the stops would be longer since there’s no food near them and all three of us are pretty quick on just bathroom stops.
After writing this, it is less on the pure charging speed discussion, and more on the overall experience. Eh, I’ll leave it since it’s still a relevant aspect.